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System (LRS)
The LRS comprises the Land Registry's fully computerised
system for the storage of historical and current information
on property particulars, including owners' names and encumbrances.
During the year the system was enhanced to tightening the
control on Owner's Properties Information Check by other government
departments.
Direct Access Services (DAS)
DAS is an on-line land search facility introduced in 1994.
Around 80% of land searches and 72% of orders for copies are
being made through this service. The DAS help desk service
was enhanced to be even more efficient and user-friendly by
allowing checking of remote orders by order date and other
order details.
Document Imaging System (DIS)
The DIS is the Land Registry's fully computerised system
for secure storage and retrieval of land documents. As part
of the ongoing IT improvements, the tapes for database and
system backup were upgraded to Digital Data Storage III in
June 2002 and the firmware of all jukeboxes was upgraded in
October and November 2002 to improve the efficiency of the
system.
Street Index Compact Disk
A Street Index was first compiled in the 19th century.
2001/02 saw the 34th edition of Street Index issued on compact
disk. In this edition, 14 new streets and 116 new lots/sections/subsections
were added.
New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT) Compact
Disk
The 3rd edition of CRT issued in 2002/03
correlates property addresses and buildings
with lot numbers to help land searches in
the New Territories. In this edition, 37 new
streets and 1,949 new lots/sections/subsections
were added. Building/development names available
in Chinese were also incorporated in the CRT
as a further improvement.
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In response to the customers' feedback, a licensing arrangement
for the sale of the 35th edition of Street Index and the 4th
edition of CRT was introduced for purchasers with more than
one computer terminal linked by a computer network. Under
the new arrangement, a licence fee of HK$2,000 for a computer
network linked with less than 50 terminals and HK$4,000 for
a computer network linked with 50 terminals or more are charged.
To tie in with the new licensing arrangement, the sale of
the 35th edition of Street Index was synchronised with the
4th edition of CRT to April 2003. The price was reduced from
HK$300 to HK$250 for each copy.
Colour Imaging of Plans (CIP)
To provide better quality services to
customers, the Land Registry started the
CIP Project in March 2002. All the
plans attached to registered documents (over 3.5 million)
were converted into electronic colour images
and stored securely
on CD-ROMs for filing and retrieval at the end of November
2002.
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| Colour Imaging of Plans
Kick-off Ceremony |
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With the completion of the conversion,
the quality of plans is preserved and its
storage is more secure. Customers also
benefit from the colour imaging of plans service as high
quality colour plan copies are provided to
them without any increase
in fees. This project brings new technology to provide higher
quality and better value services to the
community and also
completes the conversion of all of the Land Registry data
into accessible digital format that can be
used by the Integrated
Registration Information System in future.
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